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Where Landlords Stand A Where They Stand project

What social landlords in England are like, from what the regulator and the Housing Ombudsman publish.

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Curo Group (Albion)

Housing association.

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Rents out about 11,978 homes in England. This is the number of tenants in rented homes it counted for its 2025/26 tenant survey.

Source: [5]

The regulator's grade

C1

The Regulator of Social Housing checks how well landlords treat tenants. It gave Curo Group (Albion) grade C1 on 30 July 2025.

C1 means the landlord is doing what the regulator expects. Grades go from C1 (best) to C4 (worst).

Source: [1]

How it compares

We compared Curo Group (Albion) with 71 similar landlords: housing associations, 10,000 homes or more. These are tenants' answers to the 2025/26 survey and the landlord's own records.

Overall satisfaction: 70.2% of tenants were happy with the service. That puts it in the lower middle of similar landlords.

Repairs and homes: in the lower middle.

Being heard: in the lower middle.

Neighbourhood: in the bottom quarter.

Top quarter means it did better than at least three in four similar landlords. Bottom quarter means it did worse than at least three in four.

Source: [5]

Complaints to the Housing Ombudsman

In 2025-26, the Housing Ombudsman looked at complaints about Curo Places Limited. It made 47 findings. It found the landlord at fault in 64% of them. It ordered or recommended £18,008 in compensation. 3 of the findings were severe failings.

From October 2025 the Ombudsman looks at how complaints were handled in every case. So these figures are not comparable with earlier years.

Source: [3]

Safety checks

All done. Every home that needed a gas, fire, asbestos, water or lift safety check had one (as at 31 March 2026).

Source: [5]

The figures, 2025/26

MeasureFigureAmong similar landlords
Repairs and homes
Satisfied with repairs75.9%lower middle
Satisfied with how long the last repair took70.1%lower middle
Satisfied the home is well maintained73.0%lower middle
Homes that don't meet the Decent Homes Standard0.7%bottom quarter
Non-emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time72.5%bottom quarter
Emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time99.9%top quarter
Being heard
Satisfied the landlord listens and acts60.8%lower middle
Satisfied the landlord keeps them informed73.6%lower middle
Agree the landlord treats them fairly and with respect80.4%lower middle
Satisfied with how complaints are handled32.2%bottom quarter
First-stage complaints answered in time92.4%lower middle
Second-stage complaints answered in time91.2%lower middle
Neighbourhood
Satisfied communal areas are clean and well kept64.5%bottom quarter
Satisfied the landlord helps the neighbourhood66.0%lower middle
Satisfied with how anti-social behaviour is handled52.8%bottom quarter
Shown but not compared
Satisfied the home is safe76.4%
First-stage complaints per 1,000 homes96.0
Second-stage complaints per 1,000 homes23.2
Anti-social behaviour cases per 1,000 homes101.6
Anti-social behaviour cases involving hate incidents per 1,000 homes2.7

Source: [5]

Earlier Ombudsman figures

From October 2025 the Ombudsman looks at how complaints were handled in every case. So these figures are not comparable with earlier years.

YearName in the reportFindingsAt fault
2024-25Curo Places Limited5869%

Source: [2]

Where it has homes

Homes it owns in each council area, 31 March 2026. We added up the figures for each company in the group.

Source: [4]

Compare with other landlords

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page comes from one of these published files. We do not change them.

  1. Regulator of Social Housing, Regulatory Judgements and Enforcement Notices Table (current). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. Housing Ombudsman Service, Landlords with individual performance reports ( xlsx ) ( xlsx, 0.39 MB) (2024-25). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. © Housing Ombudsman Service; reuse terms being confirmed.
  3. Housing Ombudsman Service, Landlords performance data tables ( xlsx ) ( xlsx, 0.4 MB) (2025-26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. © Housing Ombudsman Service; reuse terms being confirmed.
  4. Regulator of Social Housing, Private registered providers data release (2025/26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.
  5. Regulator of Social Housing, Tenant Satisfaction Measures Full Dataset (2025/26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.